Several agencies and institutions of state and central governments have requested the Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission (TSERC) to a cut in retail power supply tariff proposed by the two distribution companies (discoms) for 2018-19, which retained the current year tariff, stating that it is comparably high.

The Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) despite the Centre’s go ahead of Rs 616.59 crore for Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in 2015 under the scheme for 10 districts of Jammu region, nine districts of Kashmir and two districts of Ladakh region.

By now, you might have turned a new page of the new calendar. After shedding the New Year hangover, it is time to recall what has happened over 2017, so we can lay a roadmap for what we have to do to light up people's lives in the New Year, mainly through 'quality 24x7 power for all' as the government has envisaged.

Renewable energy contributes over 22 per cent to India's installed power generation capacity. Although conventional fuels still dominate this segment, the share of renewable energy sources has been steadily increasing from about 8 per cent in 2009.